The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-07
SUMNER DRESSES.
Charming Cotton Fabrics That Can Ne
Made Up at a Trifins Cost

Women with small incomes can have
yariets of pretty dresses this season
at small expense. provided they choose
suitable fabrics. and make them up in
simple styles. Among cotton goods,
satteens and ginghams are most in
favor here, while imported dresses
brought over by French modistes are
of the old-fashioned sprigged lawns,
pin-dotted muslins, and thicker Cham
berys and pereales Satteens are liked
in dark shades of blue, heliotrope OF
brown, because they are not easily
soiled, and as they are sent to the
cleaners instead of the family laun-
dress, they are made up with Innings
Just as wool or silk dresses are made.
They have a basque with velvet collar,
cuffs aud revers. and pleated skirt
with apron drapery. Ginghams are
liked for their dainty freshness, and
are therefore chosen in light colors,
and made without lining or foun-
dation skirt, with view to
being easily ironed. The gather
ed bclted waist is excellent for ging-
hams. with the fullness only at the belt,
or else carried up TO the neck in front
A collar of embroidery may be made
standing or turned over in Byron shape.
as French dresses are now shown quite
low at the throat The coat sleeves.
the shirt sleeves with wristband, or the
full pulled sleeves are all suitable for
these dresses. For home wear full
round gathered skirt simply hemmed
will complete gingham dress prct,lly,
but for general wear il is more usual
to have plated skirt and apron drap-
cry. The skirt may be n regular kilt
held by tapes passed underneath, or
there may be foundation skirt of
q ngham with one or two gathered
founces around it, as these gathered
ruflles are easily laundried. Law
ender aud hcliotrope ginghams
with white or with primrose
stripes are in great demand tits
summer, with loops AVID bows of datk-
er velvet ribbon on the neck and
sleeves. Blue and gray ginghams 're
cool and frcsh-looking. and are made
up in checks, large plaids and stripes
of two shades, alternating with white.
Yoke waists gathered to belt and
yoke basques are seen in stylishly made
bingham dresses; the latter have the
yoke in the front only, forming deep
point almost to the waist line, with
fullness below the yoke concealing the
darts of the lining, and coming almost
to u point at the end of the basque.
There are also many pretty cotton
dresses made with the basque of plain
satteen or gingham, while the skirt and
| its drapery are of the same fabric IN
large plaids or in wide stripes, theil
predominating color matching that oil
the basque.
The sheer lawns are imported il
solid colors-pale mauve, sky blue
rose pink and lilac-with tiny speeks
or embroidered dots all over them
These may be as simply made as thicker
fabrics, but the modistcs show then
| made up in polonaises shirred on thu
corsage and trimmed with point DIES
prit lace. This lace fills in a V space
as a plastron or a longer vest, and i
| is laid in folds around the collar, will
it's pointed edge uppermost, and fin
ished in the back with bow of itself
rows of lace are placed around or dow
the sleeves Sprigged muslins show
punches of heliotrope or of sweet
peas or carnations on white ground
that have also small dots wrough
all over them. These have festooneC
draperies and flounces edged with lace
caught up between the festoons b.
small bows or loops of watered ribbon
Chambery dresses of dark red, blue
pink, brown, gray or mauve hav'
flounces embroidered with white pu
around the skirt, or the embroidery
in lengthwise rows like insertion, whel
it may be used either for the draper.
or to form the lower skirt Sometime
the flounces are joined together, a.
put lengthwise down a long draper
and around its edges, falling OH
pleated skirt of the plain Chambery.
-Harper's Bazar.